Toy vehicle



J. H. FREDRICH AND C. BOCK.

TOY VEHICLE.

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PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH H. FRED-RICH AND CHARLES BOOK, :OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

TOY VEHICLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.A Patented Aug, 15, 1922,

Application led October A1*?, 17921.. Serial No. 508,090.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that we, JOSEPH H. FREDRTGH and CHARLES BooK, citizens of the United States, residin at San Francisco, in the county of San rancisco and State of California, have invented new and useful Im. provementsv in Toy Vehicles, of which the following-is a specification.

This invention relatesl to improvements in toy vehicles and has for its principal object to -l provide a device made to represent a horse or other animal lequipped with movable legs adaptedto engage the ground or on the body of the horse adapted to prevent a jarringsound and serving to make the contact of the legs with the body comparatively noiseless.

A still further object of this invention is to provide a device of the character described which is simple in construction, economical to manufacture, positive in operation and a device which can be readily assembled and disassembled when occasion may' demand.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent during the course of the following description.

In -the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, and in which like numerals are employed to designate like parts throughout the same,

Fig. 1 isa side elevation of a toy horse embodying my invention,

Fig. 2 is a transverse vertical section through the body of the horse, the view being taken on the line 11-11 of Figure 1,

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the front legs of the device, and

Fig. -is a detail pers ective view of the rear legs of the device with parts of the legs being broken away.

In the accompanying drawings wherein for the purpose of illustration is shown a preferred embodiment of our invention, the numeral 5 designates as a whole the body of thel device, which simulates the body of a horse. This body consists of a top board 6, a bottom board 7, side walls 8, a front wall 9, and a rear .connecting strip 10 all conventionally connected. To the front Wall 9 there is secured the vhead portion 11 made to represent the head of a horse. As shown to advantage in Figure 1 the bottom is slotted or open as at 12 adjacent the front of the .deviceand slotted as at 13 adjacent the rear of the body. On the top board 6 there are positioned ahand hold 14 and a projection 16, which latter element simulates the rear end of a saddle. 1

.Ada ted to be received within the body throu the opening 12, is a pair of front legs 1 the legs bemg pivoted to the side walls 8 by a bolt 18, which is straddled by j a reenforcing block 19, while the legs are connected to each other adjacent the upper extremities of thesame by a cross bolt 20. This construction serves to make the two front legs move in unison.

Adapted to penetrate the opening 13 adjacent the rear of the body is a pair of rear legs 21. These legs are connected to each other by a cross pin 22 and are the body adjacent the rear end o the same by Aa pivot bolt 2 3 straddled by a block24. The front legs 17 above referred to termiivoted to nate in tread portions 25 and are enlarged to simulate the horses hoofs. By referring to Figures 1 and 2 it will be observed that rubber cleats 26 are disposed on the rear of the tread portions which are inclined as at 27. The cleats 26 serve as stops to frictionally engage the ground when the child on the horse imparts a rocking movement forward.V When the child on the horse makes a rocking movement backward then the legs will assume a substantially perpendicular position with relation to the ground, as shown in dotted line position in Figure 1. On the other hand,l the rear legs 21 are likewise enlarged to present tread portions, but have cleats 28 positioned on the front of their tread portions and are inclined as at 29. The purpose of these cleats is to allow the same to grip the ground and prevent the tread portions from being slid forwardly or rearwardly when the front feet 17 are being moved forward. The inclined portions 29 act as a safety means and serves to prevent the device being thrown oif balance when the horse is rocked rearwardly..

Within the horse on the bottom wall 7 we have suitably mounted a standard 80.

helical spring- 31 connects the bolt 20 and the said standard. This spriupr is expanded when the horse is in the position shown in Figure l and returns to its normally contracted position when the horse assumes the dotted line position shown in the same tignre. The springlikewise serves to limit the forward movement ot' the upper extremities ot' the leg 17. Connectingan eye bolt 32 secured to the rear of the front ,wall 9 and the bolt E22 positioned between the rear legs 2l is a second coil spring 33 of greater length than the first mentioned spring '31. rlhe purpose of this second mentioned spring is to cause the legs 21 to take a forward movement or jun'iping effect, after the front legs 1T have assumed the dotted line position of Figure 1 and the rider has next rocked forwardly on the horse.

As shown to advantage in vFigure 1 a suitable rod 34 is secured to the connecting strip l0 and suspended therefrom and has its free end terminating slightly above the ground surface upon which the feet of the horse rests. rl`he purpose of this rod is to eliminate any possible danger of the device tending to fall backward when a backward rocking movement is given to the device by the rider thereon.

In order that the contact of the legs with the respective parts of the body and auxiliary connecting pieces may have a noiseless and non-jarringei'ect we have conveniently placed a. plurality of batters at the respective points of contact of the legs with the above mentioned parts. rlhese buffers are shown to advantage in-Figure 1. an'd are designated as a whole b the numeral 34.

From the foregoing escription taken in vconnection with the accompanying drawing of the invention or the scope of the subjoined claim.

Having thus described our invention, we claim ,Y A device of the character described, comprising a body simulating that of an animal, legs pivotally connected to said bodyy and engageable with the ground vfor propelling the device upon a rocking movement of a rider seated on said body portion, said legsterminating in enlarged end portions, and inclined to limit the rockingmovement of a rider thereon` tension means connected separately to each pair of legs and to the body of the device for controlling the movement of the said legs, buffers positioned on said body and adapted to receive the impact of the legs, and auxiliary safety means `secured to the rear of the body, said means comprising a rod of a lesser length than the legs of the device and 4adapted to contact with the ground upon an eXtreme rearward rocking movement of the device.

In testimony whereof we affix our signatures.

JOSEPH H. FREDRICH. CHARLES BUCK. 

